Ramadan Shalah

Ramadan Shah (1 February 1958-) was the leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad organization.

Biography
Ramadan Shah was born in Shuja'iyya in Gaza City on 1 February 1958, and he earned a PhD. in banking and economics at the University of Durham in the United Kingdom. He taught as an adjunct professor at the University of South Florida alongside Sami Al-Arian, another professor from the Middle East. He was made the leader of the World and Islam Studies Enterprise (WISE) by Al-Arian, and when he joined the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) organization, they were shocked to find out that he was anything but a scholar.

In 1995 he was designated as a terrorist due to terrorism and money laundering. In March 2014, 100 rockets were launched into Israel by the PIJ in coordination with Hamas, and he aided in the fight against the Israeli army during Operation Protective Edge later that year.